Dr. Pratisha Borborah
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiResearch Interests:
Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology, Gender Studies, Social StratificationJoined the University in Dec 20, 2019
Phone: 9958976406
Email: pratisha.borborah@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Dr. Pratisha Borborah
Career/ Services
- PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Mphil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- M.A, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- B.A in Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University, New Delhi
Teaching
- BLA 1st Semester (Sociological Foundation Course)
- BLA 2nd Semester (Sociological Thinkers)
- B.A 3rd Semester (Ecoonomic Sociology)
- B.A 4rth Semester (Sociological Thought II)
- M.A 1st Semester (Economy and Society)
- M.A 2nd Semester (Urban Sociology)
- M.A 3rd Semester (Media and Culture)
- M.A 4rth Semester (Sociology of Education)
Experience
- Assistant Professor in Cotton University, Assam from December 2019 till present
- Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University from July 2017 till December 2019.
- Guest Lecturer in Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University, January 2017 to July 2017.
Research Projects
Co-mentor in Summer Internship Research Project for undergraduate students Women and Desire: Exploring Female Sexuality, period: May 2019-July 2019, Sponsoring Agency: Maitreyi College (Project Completed)
Research paper publications till 2021
- Changing Scenario of Handicrafts in India and its impact on Village Economy in an edited volume by Tezpur University on Tourism and Handicrafts: A Sustainable Approach (New Delhi, Excel Publishers 2015).
- Beyond Society’s Veil: On Draupadi’s Body, Identity and Desires chapter in Alter Reading: Literature, Society and State, published by Panchajanya Books 2019, Guwahati, ISBN: 978-93-88645-44-7.
- Craft as a Commodity: A Study of Markets and a Change in Consumer Culture, (2020), Shodh Sarita, ISSN- 2348-2397, Vol 7, No. 28, pp. 59-63
- Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market in Assam (2020), Journal of North East India Studies, ISSN- 2278-1455, Vol 10, No. 2, pp. 50-66.5
- Baruah, Cihnnita and Borborah, Pratisha (2021): "A re-imagined community: Pandemic, Media and State, India Review, Vol 20, No. 2, pp. 176-193. Online ISSN: 1557-3036
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
1. Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): "Bringing the World inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism" in an edited book Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India, Springer: Singapore Pte Limited, ISBN- 978-981-16-2319-6
Book publication other than subject concerned
A Recipe on the Plate: Pandemic and the Art of Social Media (Counter Current publications) https://countercurrents.org/2020/05/a-recipe-on-the-plate-pandemic-and-the-art-of-social-media/?fbclid=IwAR15X_3a3VHvtiP5Fb9Ls2yZItqjUjmDnxVQL8YjZErr1WMqXAJoKXJKcew
Covid 19 Pandemic and Educational Crisis in India (published in India Resists)
Face Masks as a Fashion Statement: About Collective Consciousness and Class Distinction https://doingsociology2020.blogspot.com/2020/06/face-mask-as-fashion-statement-about.html
Other Informations
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Meat is to Male and Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam, 5th Annual South Asia Conference, Ireland India Institute, Dublin, 26th-29th April 2022.
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Bringing the world Home: Social Media and Identity, Webinar organized by Maitreyi College, Delhi University and Cotton University, Assam on “Home and the World in a Pandemic: Redefining the Normal’, 7th May, 2020.
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Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam: Research Workshop 2018 organised by Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt and University of Bielefeld, Germany
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From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam: Graduate Conference 2017 organised by South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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From Utility to Ethnic: Indian Handicrafts in a Post-Modern Consumer Society: National Level Graduate Research Meet 2015 organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam.
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Development of Village Economies: The role of Handicraft industry in XL (40th) All India Sociological Conference of the Indian Sociological Society organised by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, sponsored by UGC & ICSSR, New Delhi
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